Having backups at multiple sites is industry standard. Nobody is keeping 100,000TB of data in a single location.
As for your second point, I don't see the relevance. You can store the glass wherever you want, the other mechanisms aren't relevant for keeping the stored data.
I would argue it is an American quirk. Exceptions exist in other countries, but in the US it seems "normal" is the marketing term everyone avoids. A side effect of the rampant capitalism there.
I'm a Belgian brewer myself. Our country is filled to the brim with breweries, but you'll have to try hard to find beer at those prices.
I've been to American craft breweries several times. They're masters at the commercial aspect, but the beer tends to be lacking to what we're used to over here.
Is there anything special about these beers besides the obviously inflated prices? Sounds like a common marketing trick to make them more exclusive than they are.
Beer isn't wine, whiskey or other alcohols. Beer is a lot more "short term" because of the limited alcohol strength.
Many distilled drinks, and wine can evolve their taste over decades. That's why their prices can go up exponentially relative to age.
This isn't the case for beer, as their best before date is fairly limited.
"Sequel to game looks like improved version of game".
Not sure what point you're trying to make here?